[/quote] Well just out of curiosity and etch to learn one question How did u concluded that from log or have tried any other winedebug channel ? > > > because after i copied gds32.dll into system32 it still crashed for me with: > > err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {00000507-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} not registered > err:ole:create_server class {00000507-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} not registered > err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {00000507-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} could be created for context 0x5 > > > When you google for that uuid {00000507-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} you'll see it belongs to msado15.dll. That's part of mdac28. After installing mdac 28 the first window comes up fine for me. I'd advise you to try this on a complete new and fresh new ~/.wine (or preferably install in another WINEPREFIX)